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Is there in Archicad something that works as Block in Autocad?

Anonymous
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I am desperately trying to figure out how to make something like Block in Autocad, that I can place, edit and save, but in Archicad.
I have tried with Objects, Module, but I can't find edit mode for the GSM objects (only for Attributes) and the module I can place it only in the floor plans, not in the sections.
I just want to make a simple group of lines and hatch in a ''Block'' that can be placed on several places in the sections and when edited, the changes to be applied everywhere.
Could anybody help me? I use Archicad 22.
Thank you!
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Solution
Hello,

I invite you to try to do a Patch
1-do a selection
2-Documentation/Annotation/Create a Patch
3-Save your Patch as a object into the library you want
4-Duplicate your Patch
5-Modify you Patch as a objet (or block )
6-Enjoy the modification

I often repeat this sentence : "Trying to find the same function into another software is often a wrong idea"
Christophe - FRANCE
Archicad Designer and Teacher
Archicad 15 to 27 FRA FULL

OS 11.6 Big Sur - MacBook Pro 2017 - 16Go RAM
"Quality is never an accident ; it's always the result of an intelligent effort" John Ruskin

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Solution
Hello,

I invite you to try to do a Patch
1-do a selection
2-Documentation/Annotation/Create a Patch
3-Save your Patch as a object into the library you want
4-Duplicate your Patch
5-Modify you Patch as a objet (or block )
6-Enjoy the modification

I often repeat this sentence : "Trying to find the same function into another software is often a wrong idea"
Christophe - FRANCE
Archicad Designer and Teacher
Archicad 15 to 27 FRA FULL

OS 11.6 Big Sur - MacBook Pro 2017 - 16Go RAM
"Quality is never an accident ; it's always the result of an intelligent effort" John Ruskin
felcunha
Expert
Hello,

You can also copy (Ctrl- or cmd-C) the 2D elements you've drawn in your plan view and then :
1 - paste them into the 2D Symbol window of the object (to create a new object, go to File->Libraries and objects->New object...).
2 - After that, just write the following line in the 2D script window:
fragment2 ALL, 0
It will prevent your object to be stretched.
Felipe Ribeiro Cunha

AC 26, macOS Monterey
Anonymous
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Oh that is perfect!!! I didn't know about the Patch tool

I also repeat the same sentence to my co-workers that try to find tools Vectorworks uses, but in Archicad, and now I have become jut like them

Thank you both!